Thiess Büttner (Herausgegeben von) Born 1966; studied Economics in Göttingen and Konstanz; Dr.rer.pol University of Konstanz; 2004-10 Professor of Economics at the University of Munich; since 2010 Professor of Economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.Michael Thöne (Herausgegeben von) Born 1967; studied Economics and Political Sciences in Cologne and at Trinity College Dublin; Dr.rer.pol. University of Cologne; since 2005 Managing Director of FiFo Institute for Public Economics at the University of Cologne.